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	Victory ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Victory ship was a type of cargo ship produced in large numbers by North American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines.
		They were an enhancement of the previous Liberty ship design that were produced in much greater numbers, in particular they had a higher speed of 15 to 17 knots (28 to 31 km/h) compared to 11 knots (20 km/h) and longer range.
		Victory ships were slightly larger than Liberty ships, at 455 feet (139 m) long and 62 feet (19 m) wide with 25 feet (7.6 m) draft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victory_ship (926 words)

	Victory ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Victory ship was one of a class of ships designed and built during World War II by the United States Maritime Commission.
		They were an improvement on the Liberty ships that were produced in great numbers a higher speed (16.5 knots) and longer Some 534 of Victory ships were built in 1944 usually with "Victory" in the name.
		Victory ships and tankers: The history of the Victory type cargo ships and of the tankers built in the United States of America during World War II
	www.freeglossary.com /Victory_Ship (468 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SS American Victory, as her name implies, was one of 534 Victory ships built between mid-1944 and mid-1946 to replace the venerable Liberty class of merchant vessel.
		Victory ships were strengthened to avoid fractures in hull plates and ship sides, a problem which often plagued Liberty ships.
		Victory ships were at the forefront of the resurgence of the United States as a world economic power and became the “workhorses” of American waterborne commerce after the war.
	www.americanvictory.org /History/history.htm (772 words)

	Victory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The novel Victory (1912) by Joseph Conrad, or one of the motion pictures based on that book, (most recently in 1995).
		Victory (volcano), a volcano in Papua New Guinea.
		Victory Records is the name of a US based record label.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victory (312 words)

	SS Red Oak Victory (Victory Ship): World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area: A National Register of Historic Places ...
		The Red Oak Victory served as an ammunition ship in the South Pacific during WWII.
		Victory ships were not supposed to last long--but the welds of the Red Oak Victory are still intact after 60 years.
		The ship is owned by the non-profit Richmond Museum Association, which is restoring the ship with volunteer help.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/red.htm (603 words)

	The Cargo Ship
		The Victory ships, of which the AP2 is an example, were a little larger than the Liberty ships that preceded them, but much less spartan.
		Ships today seem to carry most of their cargo in containers on deck, which must affect their stability; it would be nice to know how this is managed.
		A cargo ship generally proceeds at a constant full speed, about 80% of the full horsepower available, when at sea, and is most efficient at this speed.
	www.du.edu /~jcalvert/tech/fluids/cargo.htm (1092 words)

	LIBERTY & VICTORY SHIP HISTORY
		The greatest percentage of ships was built on the West Coast, predominantly at the San Francisco Bay and Colombus River yards of Henry J. Kaiser.
		They were all distinguished by being oil fired with midships accommodation and although their names were popularly assumed to be a reference to Uncle Sam, it was entirely due to the bureaucratic terminology of the British MOWT which denominated them as "superstructure aft of midships" types and the acronym was incorporated into the name.
		Many of these ships were taken over by the armed services for duty at troop transports, provision and hospital ships, destroyer and submarine tenders, and attack cargo ships.
	www.angelfire.com /in/shiphistory/libvicship.html (2135 words)

	Liberty Ships and Victory Ships --Reading 3
		The ship was owned by the federal government and operated by Grace Line, Inc. For the next year, the ship carried ammunition and grain, as well as other dry cargo.
		The ship was involved in the Allied landings at Sicily and Anzio in Italy, and southern France.
		The ship was named for Lane College, which was established as a high school for fl youths in 1882 by Isaac Lane, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jackson, Tennessee.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/116liberty_victory_ships/116facts3.htm (1534 words)

	Victory - Toxic ship export controlled \| Greenpeace International
		When we started the campaign calling for the ships to be decontaminated before scrapping we were ridiculed by parts of the shipping industry and ignored by others that thought they could continue to operate outside the principle of international law.
		We put 50 ships due to be scrapped under the spotlight to pressure their owners to clean them before sending for scrapping.
		There is still work to do tighten the controls on the dumping of toxic ships and to fully ensure this definitely becomes a problem of the past but this is a landmark victory on the road to that goal.
	www.greenpeace.org /international/news/victory-toxic-ship-export-co (835 words)

	Victory ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Victory ship was one of a class of cargo ships designed and built during World War II by the United States Maritime Commission[?].
		They were an improvement on the Liberty ships that were produced in great numbers, with a higher speed (16.5 knots) and longer range.
		Some 400 of Victory ships were built starting in 1944, usually with "Victory" in the name.
	www.termsdefined.net /vi/victory-ship.html (299 words)

	The S.S. Dickinson Victory
		The keel was laid on December 15, 1944, and the ship was launched on February 9, 1945.
		The "Victory" ship program was begun in 1944 as an improved extension of the "Liberty" ship program.
		The reality of the old ship's last service is interesting, however, since it was the subject vessel in a 1995 Sandia Corporation study for the Department of Energy, in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard, testing the effects of fire on the shipment of nuclear materiel at Little Sand Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama.
	chronicles.dickinson.edu /encyclo/d/ed_ssdickinson.htm (422 words)

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		The ship's World War II, US Maritime Commission designation of VC2-S-AP2 indicates she is a "V" for "Victory", "C2" for medium capacity cargo carrier, "S" for "steam", and "AP2" for the 6,000 shaft horsepower type of Victory.
		The RED OAK VICTORY, however, was one of ten "Boulder Class" Victory ships that were built specifically to serve as Navy ammunition carriers during the war.
		The ship is subdivided by seven full watertight bulkheads that extend to the main deck with the sole exception of the fore peak bulkhead, which extends to the forecastle deck.
	www.nps.gov /pwro/rori_library/ROVNHLdescr.doc (2857 words)

	Old World Trading HMS Victory Ship Model(large)
		The standard fighting ship in the mighty English navy became the Galleon, a ship with two or three decks carrying its main cannons in the broadside and its lighter guns fore and aft.
		It soon became evident that the ship that was powerful enough to be the mainstay of the fighting fleet was too large and slow to serve those functions that required speed and maneuverability.
		The main fighting ships of the fleet were known as ships of the line; these ships were two or three-deckers with heavy broadside armament as well as heavy timbers in their walls to keep out enemy shots.
	store.wmjmarine.com /400-010.html (486 words)

	LCP Victory Ship
		Some ships attached to invasion fleets were painted MS 21 (Overall 5-N Navy Blue) for deployment directly to forward combat areas.
		For those novice modelers who want to build a Victory Ship but are wary of buying a resin kit, you should have no problems in building this kit.
		Most Liberty / Victory ships carried a considerable amount cargo on the main deck and it would have been nice to have some included with this kit.
	www.steelnavy.com /LCP_Victory_ship.htm (1009 words)

	HMS Victory model ship model boat. Our HMS Victory model saling ship is the perfect nautical gift.
		To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.
		Napoleon was determined upon invasion of England and he ordered the 33 heavily-gunned ships of France and Spain to confront the 27 ships of British fleet commanded by Lord Horatio Nelson.
		Fair weather or foul, the Victory was a fortress city, stocked with 35 tons of powder and 120 tons of shot.
	www.handcraftedmodelships.com /victory.htm (630 words)

	Hannibal Victory Ship
		During World War II, 534 "Victory ships" were built to transport materials to support United States military efforts in theaters of operation across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
		The next 34 Victory ships were named for each of the Allied nations; the subsequent 218 were named after American cities (one of them named for Hannibal, Missouri in recognition of successful war bond sales), the next 150 ships were named after educational institutions, and the rest received miscellaneous names.
		The half hour color film was photographed on location in Hannibal and aboard the ship as she crossed the Pacific from San Francisco to the Philippines.
	www.twainquotes.com /hannibalvictory.html (2957 words)

	HMS VICTORY
		Best known for her role in the Battle of Trafalgar, the Victory currently has a dual role as the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and as a living museum to the Georgian navy.
		In 1812 the Victory was retired from frontline duty and anchored in Portsmouth Harbour, on the south coast of England.
		For the next 110 years the Victory remained at her moorings in Portsmouth Harbour fulfilling a combination of practical and ceremonial roles.
	www.hms-victory.com (201 words)

	BWW-November 2002
		Shipyard worker newlyweds were given the honor of christening the ship, cracking a bottle of champagne on her hull, and keying the electric trigger that sent the SS Bucknell Victory down the ways.
		The SS American Victory is in Tampa, Fla., and the SS Lane Victory is in San Pedro, Calif. All serve as floating reminders of the merchant marine’s war contribution.
		The ship's bell for the SS Bucknell Victory is one of the few remaining artifacts, since the ship was sold for scrap in 1993.
	www.departments.bucknell.edu /communications/BucknellWorld/2002_11/nov_text/backward.html (1341 words)

	Victory Ships alphabetical list War II
		The next 34 Victory ships were named for each of the Allied nations; the subsequent 218 were named after American cities, the next 150 were named after educational institutions, and the rest received miscellaneous names.
		The Red Oak Victory is being restored in Richmond, CA as part of the "Rosie the Riveter" Museum.
		33 Grange Victory, VC2-S-AP3 /USAT - AKV 4 - AK 275 Pvt.
	www.usmm.org /victoryships.html (787 words)

	HMS Victory Model Ship — Premier Ship Models
		In 1782, HMS Victory was Lord Howe’s flagship in the relief of Gibraltar.
		In 1792, HMS Victory became the flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood’s Mediterranean Fleet, which occupied Toulon and captured Bastia and Calvi (Corsica).
		In 1800, it was decided to rebuild HMS Victory, and on May 16, 1803, she became the flagship of Lord Nelson’s Mediterranean Fleet.
	www.premiershipmodels.com /index.php/fuseaction/shop.product/categoryid/1/productid/129 (685 words)

	HMS Victory Model Ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A First Rate ship of the line--Victory was the most popular and successful 100-gun ship of the period, the flagship of half a dozen famous admirals.
		After six years of construction, Victory was launched in 1765 with a complement of 850 sailors.
		HMS Victory was essential to Britain's continued superiority on the high seas during the Napoleonic Wars.
	www.modelshipmaster.com /products/tall_ships/victory.htm (447 words)

	COME ABOARD! The American Victory Ship is open for restoration tours
		Though the ship had served her country honorably during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and had helped people the world over by carrying humanitarian aid when the wars ended, she was approaching obsolescence and the scrapper's torch.
		Based on the extraordinary history she represented, the American Victory was acquired from the U.S. Maritime Administration and arrived at her Channelside dock behind the Florida Aquarium to begin a new career as a non-profit educational museum.
		With the ship nearly operational, the next major goal is establishing formal educational programs that will bring her history to life for bay area children.
	www.baysoundings.com /sum03/ship.html (765 words)

	Rosie the Riveter
		From then until the end of the war she served as an ammunition ship for various ships in the South Pacific.
		The ship is berthed at Terminal One, near Ferry Point at the end of Dornan Drive.
		The exhibit profiled three current projects that are preserving the legacy of Richmond's WWII shipyards, including the Red Oak Victory restoration, the Rosie the Riveter Memorial project, and contemporary photographs of local Rosies interviewed by Kennedy High School students.
	www.rosietheriveter.org /redoak.htm (599 words)

	ROSIE REVISITED / Volunteer crew is restoring a World War II Victory ship, remnant of Richmond's shipyards
		Meanwhile, there is a lot of work to be done on the Red Oak Victory, whose restoration must be funded by grants and donations in addition to the sweat of volunteers who hope to have the job finished in two years.
		His job is to coordinate the tasks on the ship and perform a mechanical assessment of the ship's condition.
		Despite its state of disrepair, the Red Oak Victory -- named after the tiny town in Iowa that suffered the heaviest losses per capita in World War II -- was a working merchant ship in the Vietnam War before being decommissioned in 1969.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/27/MN102751.DTL (1227 words)

	After Four Years of Restoration, World War II Victory Ship Prepares to Sail for First Time with Passengers.
		The SS American Victory, a ship of the famous Victory Class built during World War II, will set sail on Saturday, September 20, 2003 for her first cruise with passengers after more than four years of restoration and reactivation work.
		The American Victory, a ship of the famous Victory Class of merchant cargo vessel, was built in May, 1945 and served during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, carrying military cargo, ammunition and supplies to GIs serving in those wars.
		The Victory Ship, Inc., the not-for-profit group formed to acquire, restore and operate the American Victory as a maritime museum and cruising ship, brought the ship to Tampa in September 1999 and has raised more than $3.7 million in cash and in-kind donations to restore the vessel and ready her for the Relive History Cruises.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2003/9/prweb78517.htm (563 words)

	HMS Victory ship model from Handcrafted Model Ships
		The HMS Victory, led by Lord Horatio Nelson, defeated the Napoleon-led armada of French and Spanish ships as they attempted to invade England.
		At the head of the British column, Nelson's flagship, the HMS Victory, sailed directly into the center of the Napoleon-led fleet to cut it in two.
		Victory slashed through the enemy's line of ships, taking great punishment, but leaving disaster in her wake.
	www.handcraftedmodelships.com /hms-victory-limited.php (570 words)

	Project Liberty Ship
		The S.S. RED OAK VICTORY, launched in 1944, is the last surviving Victory Ship built at the Kaiser/Richmond shipyards.
		We strive to educate the public as to how these sailors lived, the duties they performed, the ships and bases on which they served, the tools of their trade, the missions they under took, and the sacrifices they made.
		The Society is active in the field of historic ship preservation, actively promotes education projects to acquaint young people with their country's maritime heritage, and publishes Sea History, a quarterly journal about maritime history, the maritime industry, and maritime museums and preservation projects.
	www.liberty-ship.com /html/topics/links.html (1487 words)

	Jump On Board Victory Ship For July Fourth Festivities: From The Tampa Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		TAMPA - A visit to the cargo holds of the SS American Victory offers a glimpse into the lives of 62 men who made an austere gray cargo ship their home during World War II -- and a visit Monday offers the added bonus of a July Fourth fireworks show.
		The top deck of the SS American Victory provides a vantage point for viewing the fireworks in Garrison Channel, so a daylong schedule of entertainment, tours and food is planned.
		He said volunteer work is ongoing on the American Victory, one of 534 Victory ships built in 1944 and 1945.
	www.tampatrib.com /News/MGB9A2YVMAE.html (615 words)

	USNS Kingsport (T-AG 164)
		USNS Kingsport (ex-Kingsport Victory) was a VC2-S-AP3 type Victory ship and had the second most interesting history among ships in which I lived part of my life.
		She was assigned by the War Shipping Administration to Army and was in the Western Pacific by October.
		Kingsport Victory was modified in Portland, Oregon to be the first satellite communications ship, renamed Kingsport and reclassified as AG 164.
	patriot.net /~eastlnd2/Kingsport.htm (2907 words)

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